Yunxi had lunch with Xiyao and Xiyi at noon, took a lunch break, and then went to Qianqing Palace to deal with political affairs.
When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the four assistant officials announced in the morning: Zhang Wen, Bao Zhao, and Guo Zhen were all there, but Chen Xingshan was not. In addition, Zhuo Jing was also there.
Yunxi knew that because he gave Chen Xingshan multiple part-time jobs, he should have gone to take up a post at the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion or the Ministry of War, so he was not here.
Yunxi first bowed and responded to the three fourth auxiliary officers. When Lao Zhu first set up the fourth auxiliary officers, their rank was the third rank, which was already not low, so Yunxi did not give them any additional titles.
These four auxiliary officers were not randomly appointed. Let’s talk about Zhang Wen first. Yunxi’s original intention was to find a veteran who had been on the battlefield to assist him. The current order of the Ming Dynasty military generals is Geng Bingwen, Cao Zhen, Zhang Wen, and Guo Ying. , Zhang Yi et al.
Geng Bingwen is the only existing knight who was conferred in the third year of Hongwu, so he ranks first. But everyone knows that he was awarded the title because he defended Changxing City for ten years, so he is not considered to be the most powerful attacker. Everyone generally knows that he was awarded the title for defending Changxing City for ten years. I think both Cao Zhen and Zhang Wen were more powerful in offensive battles than Geng Bingwen.
Of course, this is not the reason why Yunxi asked Zhang Wen to be the auxiliary officer of Chun instead of Geng Bingwen. The main reason is that Geng Bingwen is now in the northwest, and Cao Zhen's son married Yunying. Although Yunxi can use his cousin, he will not let him They were promoted to such important positions as the Fourth Auxiliary Officer, so only Zhang Wen was left.
It was revealed that Lao Zhu's original intention before his death was to appoint him as the chief envoy. But how could Lao Zhu have expected that Yunxi would appoint four auxiliary officers?
The main reason why Yunxi made Bao Zhao the assistant officer of Xia was because his cronies were relatively young. Even the oldest Lian Zining was only forty years old and could not be a civil servant for such a senior scholar. Moreover, after Yunxi came into contact with Bao Zhao, he felt that He is not bad, and he is not a pedantic civil servant, so let him serve as Xia Fuguan.
At the same time, Bao Zhao is still a northerner, a Shanseren person. There are not many northerners in the imperial court now, and even fewer are high-ranking officials. For balance, a northerner must be chosen, and only Bao Zhao is suitable.
Guo Zhen was able to become the assistant officer of Qiu. Firstly, he was an official of Yunxi East Palace, so he was easy to use; secondly, he also had some qualifications and was over thirty years old, unlike the graduates of Jiangwu Hall who were only two years old. More than ten; thirdly, his father Guo Ying has been basically semi-retired these years. Although he sometimes goes out to train troops, he will never go to the Governor's Mansion if he is in Beijing. Therefore, choosing Guo Town will not mean that both father and son will hold important official positions.
As for Chen Xingshan, although he is a bit pedantic, Yunxi trusts him very much, even more than he trusts Qi Tai and others. Chen Xingshan is a true Confucian official. Even if he does not agree with Yunxi's approach, he will not use various methods to The method is not direct confrontation, so choose him.
Then Yunxi noticed the existence of Zhuo Jing. Now Zhuo Jing has not announced a new official position. Even if a new official position is announced, he will not be able to take office for a while, so he is still Donggong Zuo Yude, and there is no other yamen. Can you come to Yunxi?
Yunxi realized that he had not considered enough, and should arrange another official position for Zhuo Jing first. Yunxi looked at Zhuo Jing and said after careful consideration: "Zhuo Qing, I order you to serve as the official of Zhongshushe and also to walk in the palace. ." It happened that Chen Xingshan had too many part-time jobs, so Zhuo Jing was asked to temporarily take over Chen Xingshan's job.
At the same time, the people in Zhongshushe were only from the seventh rank, and their official positions were too low, so Zhuo Jing was asked to serve as the person of Zhongshushe concurrently.
Zhuo Jing bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Yunxi chatted with several auxiliary officers for a while, and then he had to deal with the accumulated discounts.
Yunxi quickly got into working mode and began to distribute the folds. Guo Zhen and Zhuo Jing skillfully took the folds assigned by Yunxi and began to process them.
Zhang Wen and Bao Zhao looked at Guo Zhen and Zhuo Jing's actions with dumbfounded eyes. Yun He looked at them and said: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Bao, this is how I manage the government on weekdays: allocate information to all the assistants every day.
Sir, all the assistant ministers will write down the proposed statement, and then let me judge whether it can be criticized in this way."
Zhang Wen and Bao Zhao looked at each other, and then slowly began to imitate Guo Zhen and Zhuo Jing.
When I started working on it, I didn’t know the time. By the time Yunxi raised his head from the pile of papers, it was already dark.
Yesterday's discounts and the discounts sent at noon today have been processed. A lot of the discounts accumulated in the past few days have also been processed, but there are still a lot of remaining discounts. Yunxi estimates that it will take ten hours to process them.
Yunxi was not a person like Zhu Yuanzhang. Although he was willing to work, he was not willing to work overtime. So he said to the four auxiliary officers: "It's getting late today, so let's stop here. The remaining things will be dealt with in the next few days."
After a pause, he then said, "I'll ask the imperial dining room to prepare dinner. Your Majesty, please accompany me to eat."
Guo Zhen and Zhuo Jing were already used to it, and just as they were about to salute casually as usual, they saw Zhang Wen and Bao Zhao bowing very solemnly and saying, "I, Zhang Wen (Bao Zhao), have thanked Your Majesty."
Zhuo Jing and Guo Zhen looked at each other, and also imitated Zhang Wen's violent gestures and saluted.
When Zhang Wen and the four of them left the palace in the evening, Guo Zhen and Zhuo Jing bowed to them and left. Zhang Wen and Bao Zhao had no intention of separation. Zhang Wen even asked the waiting coachman to drive in.
Following slowly, the two of them walked on Hongwu Street outside Fengtian Gate.
On this night, although the moon was not very round, it was still very bright, illuminating the street very brightly. There was also a breeze, which slightly dissipated the humidity and heat in June, making people feel refreshed.
On such a night, Zhang Wen and Bao Zhao, two people who had never even spoken to each other on weekdays, were walking and chatting. They were divided into civil and military officials. Bao Zhao had never held a position in the Ministry of War, but just met.
Just acquaintance.
Today, both of them had something to say, but they felt that they should not reveal the affairs of the palace to others, so it was only the two of them who could speak.
Zhang Wen said: "Mr. Bao, I have followed the late emperor in his southern and northern wars forty years ago, and I know the late emperor very well. The late emperor is very different from the current emperor. I have often heard from my son that your majesty is very generous to his ministers, but I never expected it.
I didn’t expect him to be so generous.”
Bao Zhao also said: "If he were the late emperor, although he would have kept his ministers in the palace to eat, he would never be like today, just staying in the palace a little late to eat. Looking at Zhuo Jing and Guo Zhen,
It is clear that the Holy Spirit often does this today."
Zhang Wen said: "And he will never be so approachable, without the airs of today's emperor at all. Today's emperor is really too generous."
Although Yunxi has some momentum now. After all, he has been the emperor's grandson for six years, he is still different from the native people. Yunxi is so approachable that people can't feel his superior attitude at all. No matter how peaceful the other emperors are,
Even the third generation of emperors could not completely restrain their arrogance.
Moreover, the speed of spread of things in ancient times is different from that in modern times. Without WeChat and other communication tools, it all depends on words or letters. But many things in letters are difficult to write and words are difficult to say. During the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Hong Xiuquan rebelled for several years.
Well, there are still officials in the north, but the officials don't know that there are rebels.
So although Yunxi has been the emperor's grandson for six years and has dealt with a lot of things and treated his subordinates for several years, even the ministers in Beijing don't know how Yunxi treats ministers.
I have heard the saying "Be generous to your subordinates" many times, but I don't know how to be generous.
As Zhang Shu's father, Zhang Wen should have known. After all, it was okay to talk to his father about such things. However, Zhang Wen led troops away for a long time, and he became cautious because of the Hu Weiyong case. He was afraid that Lao Zhu would find out about Zhang Shu's forbidden actions.
They killed their father and son because of the incident, so even Zhang Wen didn't know how Yunxi treated his subordinates. If it were Guo Ying and Geng Bingwen, they would know.
Bao Zhao said: "It is a blessing for the country to have such a generous and generous emperor. It is a blessing to the country, the people and the officials. I only hope that the emperor will not change in the future."
Zhang Wen let out a breath and could not say the next words. Zhang Wen said to Bao Zhao: "It's late today. Does Mr. Bao have a carriage or sedan?"
Bao Zhao said: "How can I afford these things?"
Zhang Wen said: "Then let my carriage take Mr. Bao back."
Bao Zhao said: "No! No! According to today's meaning, although the assistant ministers are not comparable to the prime minister, they are also important ministers of the court and will be no less than the six ministers in the future."
"You and I are civil and military, so it's better not to get too close."
When Guo Ying heard what he said, he thought it made sense, so he said: "Then let's say goodbye today, Mr. Bao, and see you tomorrow." Then he got on the carriage and left.
